Servo

Servo maintainers Simon Spain and Alice Boxhall are at TPAC this week. If you want to discuss Servo, Accessibility and web in general find them at TPAC

August in Servo... 📈 📊 CSS grid 🖱️ 🫵 interactive selections 🔙 ↪️ navigation 🩹 🦮 accessibility roles and geometry servo.org/blog/2026/10...

Last month at Rustconf, @atbrakhi.bsky.social gave a talk about “Servo DevTools: Where Rust Meets JavaScript.” The talk has been published by the Rust Foundation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq7R...

14 Sept

Servo had a busy end of August and start to September. Here are just a few highlights from the last few weeks: - Added TextEvent support - Implemented support for popup sandboxing - Mapped role attribute into the accessibility tree - Multiple improvements to selection

14 Sept

- Fixed sticky offset boundary calculation using scrollable overflow - Queued session history traversals for more correct back/forward navigation - Bumped version to 0.6.0

github.comSponsor @servo on GitHub SponsorsServo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications. For more details on sponsorship tiers and fees, go to https://servo...

14 Sept

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: GitHub: github.com/sponsors/servo Open Collective: opencollective.com/servo

8 Sept

Servo maintainer and TSC member @atbrakhi.bsky.social is in Montreal, Canada, this week for RustConf. She’ll be speaking about “Servo DevTools: Where Rust Meets JavaScript.” Join her on Thursday, September 10, either onsite or virtually, at 13:45 EDT: rustconf2026.sched.com/event/2KHtq

reddit.comFrom the servo community on Reddit: Embedding Servo in a retro gaming handheld: no keyboard, no mouse, no compositorExplore this post and more from the servo community

4 Sept

Things we love to see: how you're using and testing out Servo. "Embedding Servo in a retro gaming handheld: no keyboard, no mouse, no compositor" www.reddit.com/r/servo/comm...

31 Aug

July in Servo… 🦾🐧 binaries for Linux aarch64 🪶📐 web fonts in inline SVG 🚄🎨 multithreaded 2D canvas 🩹🦮 incremental accessibility 📝🤖 selection rendering (DOM only, not yet interactive) servo.org/blog/2026/08...

31 Aug

check out our real world compat improvements too! the duck on the DuckDuckGo landing page now renders (was broken image), and Gumroad now renders too (every page was completely blank, except for the landing page)

13 Aug

CSS Grid is now enabled by default in Servo 🎉 One of the most powerful web layout systems is now available in an independent Rust web engine. It's powered by the library Taffy & enabled thanks to Nico Burns. A huge milestone for CSS layout in Servo!

11 Aug

Servo Report for Week 31 - Fixed HTTP/2 ReadableStream request uploads so streaming request bodies complete correctly - Implemented inserttext editing command, another step toward editable content support - Wired element and expose id for LargestContentfulPaint entries

11 Aug

- Applied HarfBuzz features globally when shaping for consistent font feature rendering You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: github.com/sponsors/servo opencollective.com/servo

3 Aug

Servo Report for Week 30 - Implemented text-decoration-thickness improving CSS text decoration fidelity - Implemented Animation.effect, AnimationEffect.getTiming(), getComputedTiming(), and updateTiming() making significant progress on the Web Animations API

3 Aug

- Added initial support for visible selections; text selection is now visible in the layout - Added cycle detection in WebAudio graphs, preventing infinite loops in audio node graphs

3 Aug

- Invalidate shadow root stylesheets after assigning to adoptedStyleSheets, fixing a correctness bug in the Shadow DOM / Constructable Stylesheets integration You can help support Servo and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: github.com/sponsors/servo opencollective.com/servo

31 July

June in Servo… 🫴👷‍♀️ SharedWorker now stable 🎨🛠️ more powerful ‘attr()’ and ‘calc()’ 📏📐 new @‌media query features 🏜️🥾 real world compat improvements 🙏📰 `@‌servo-highfive monthly update` servo.org/blog/2026/07...

30 July

Servo Report for Week 29 - Implemented font-language-override which supports correct language-specific glyph shaping for multilingual text - Implemented font-variant-alternates and @font-feature-values, unlocking stylistic alternates, swashes, and ornaments via OpenType

- Created DOM element types for SVG shapes, gradients, and structural elements including <circle>, <ellipse>, <rect>, <path>, <polygon>, <polyline>, <line>, <linearGradient>, <radialGradient>, <stop>, <g>, <defs>, <symbol>, and <use>

30 July

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: GitHub: github.com/sponsors/servo Open Collective: opencollective.com/servo

- Implemented KMAC operations in WebCrypto (generateKey, importKey, exportKey, sign/verify), continuing the build-out of modern crypto algorithms - Fix iframe resize visibility so that size changes are now immediately observable in the child document, matching other engines

29 July

Servo now passes 100% of WPT tests for the WebCrypto API, all 73,292 subtests, covering 25 cryptographic algorithms 🎉 A complete, spec-correct cryptography implementation in an independent Rust-powered browser engine is a big milestone!

29 July

Thank you to the contributors over the last few months who pushed this work along!

21 July

Servo Report for Week 28 - Implement deriveBits and generateKey operations of X448 - Add support for font in <text> in svg - Add support for box-decoration-break - Add ability to incrementally update accessibility tree based on DOM changes

21 July

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: github.com/sponsors/servo opencollective.com/servo

13 July

Servo Report for Week 27 - Continued adding Ed448 support to WebCrypto API implementation - Aligned <label> element with specification - Fixed <select> element issue where the value specified via Javascript wasn't applied - Upgrade Stylo version implementing the height & orientation media features.

13 July

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: GitHub: github.com/sponsors/servo Open Collective: opencollective.com/servo

6 July

Servo Report for Week 26 Highlights from the week: - Add aspect-ratio feature to stylo - Continued work switching to Compose UI in Android app module - Enable device-width/device-height media queries - Add support for devtools inspector to copy as inner/outer html

6 July

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: Github: github.com/sponsors/servo Open Collective: opencollective.com/servo

30 June

May in Servo… 🐢🎬 better compat with mp4 files ☢️🏥 Sanitizer now experimental 🎨📝 more on execCommand() 🙈📜 “Ignore source” in DevTools ⏩🪾 faster DOM and layout servo.org/blog/2026/06...

26 June

Servo Report for Week 25 Highlights from last week: - Add support for CSS gradient color interpolation method - Implemented pointer and hover media features - Enabled loading of servo: URLs from command line and location bar in servoshell - Enabled SharedWorker support

26 June

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: github.com/sponsors/servo opencollective.com/servo

text.tchncs.deBeginning and Motivation of a Servo Intern in OutreachyI am Niya (she/her). I am a programmer and a FOSS enthusiast. Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust. I find Servo exciting, I t...

24 June

Welcome our new Outreachy intern, Niya! 🎉 She's published her first blog post, sharing her motivation for joining the Servo project and what she's been working on: text.tchncs.de/niya/beginni...

19 June

Servo Report for Week 24 Highlights from last week: - Added a horizontal scroll area for tabs in servoshell - Began implementation of Web Animation API - Continued migrating the Android app from Java to Kotlin. - Implement basic form of copyExternalImageToTexture in WebGPU API

19 June

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: github.com/sponsors/servo opencollective.com/servo

19 June

Thank you everyone who joined the Servo sessions at @webengineshackfest.org this year. See you next year!

Servo Report for Week 23 Highlights from last week: - Added support in servoshell for dragging files on the window to open them - Implemented the pointer capture API - Fix selection of options in multiple select - Implemented loop count for animated image

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: github.com/sponsors/servo opencollective.com/servo

webengineshackfest.org2026 Web Engines HackfestWeb Platform community event for people working on the different engines (Chromium/Blink/V8, Safari/WebKit/JSC, Firefox/Gecko/SpiderMonkey, Servo, Ladybird), on the testing side (WPT, Test262), on spe...

Next week at @webengineshackfest.org is a great time to find out more about Servo! There will be a number of project contributors attending and 3 different breakout sessions on various aspects of Servo. You can tune in remotely if not attending in person. webengineshackfest.org#breakout-ses...

The next one will be a general Servo session to discuss different project items. There will also be a Little WebNN Demo with Servo. Feel free to propose other topics for the session agenda. This session will be Tuesday the 16th at 16:30 CEST. github.com/Igalia/weben...

github.comServo · Issue #96 · Igalia/webengineshackfestFacilitator(s) @mrego (Igalia) Summary There are a bunch of Servo contributors attending the hackfest, we could have a breakout session to discuss different things on the project. Agenda can be fle...

github.comHacking WebView features for Servo · Issue #73 · Igalia/webengineshackfestFacilitator(s) @NiklasMerz (Cordova maintainer, WebView-CG) Summary I'm on a mission to bring Servo to Cordova to test out if Servo is ready as an alternative for building hybrid apps. I came prett...

The final session will be about Hacking WebView features for Servo. This session will be Wednesday the 17th at 15:00 CEST. github.com/Igalia/weben...

Building Servo DevTools is the first breakout session on Tuesday the 16th at 15:00 CEST. github.com/Igalia/weben...

github.comBuilding Servo DevTools · Issue #84 · Igalia/webengineshackfestFacilitator(s) @atbrakhi (Igalia) and @eerii (Igalia) Summary Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, one of the largest and oldest Rust projects out there. One of the areas we’re actively...

4 June

Servo Report for Week 22 2026 - Implement font-variant-position & font-feature-settings - Make Blob.stream() supports readable byte streams - Implement Window.screenLeft and Window.screenTop - Support event handler content attributes on SVG elements - Continued work on DevTools & accessibility

4 June

You can help support Servo, an independent web rendering engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating: github.com/sponsors/servo opencollective.com/servo

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2 June

🔦 #rustconf 2026 Speaker Spotlight "Servo Devtools: Where Rust Meets JavaScript" by Rakhi Sharma (Engineer at Igalia) ➡️ On the schedule: rustconf2026.sched.com/event/2KHtq 🎟️ Book before prices rise: bit.ly/4u55YAD #rustconf26 #rustlang

servo.orgServo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, with WebGL and WebGPU support, and adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications.

2 June

We are glad to announce that Julius Tens is a Servo bronze sponsor, thanks for your support! servo.org#sponsors

31 May

April in Servo… 📱🤖 revamped Android UI ☢️🗃️ IndexedDB now experimental 🌏✍️ better CJK text support ⏩🪾 faster DOM tree mutations 🔬🪆 Scopes panel in DevTools servo.org/blog/2026/05...

29 May

Highlights from last week: - Implement setHTML() - Support font-variant-east-asian - Add ontransitionstart event handler - Progress on IndexedDB and SharedWorker - More work on accessibility and performance